The purpose of this study was (1) to trace the contributions of the newspaper to the civic improvement and economic growth of Wichita Falls; (2) to trace the contributions of the publishers; and (3) to trace the development of the Wichita Falls Times from 1907, when it began as a daily, to 1976, when it sold to Harte-Hanks Communications Inc.

[pt] Como o jornalismo contemporâneo, herdeiro do positivismo e dos ideais de imparcialidade e objetividade predominantes no século XIX, fala da alteridade? Esta pesquisa avalia o conceito de verdade no jornalismo atual e as formas de narrar-se o Outro a partir de reportagens recentes do jornal americano The New York Times. Partindo de reportagens sobre o Brasil divulgadas no jornal mais tradicional dos Estados Unidos, se verifica que em muitos aspectos o jornalismo do século XXI se aproxima do jornalismo do século XIX. Entretanto, algumas narrativas recentes já apontam para novas formas de falar-se do diferente. Com elas, se percebe que falar do Outro respeitando a diferença parece ser não somente uma questão de boa intenção do repórter, mas também, de sua habilidade em usar conteúdo e forma em prol da aproximação do objeto do qual se fala. / [en] How the contemporary journalism, the inheritor of positivism and of the impartiality and objectivity ideals predominant in the 19th century, talk about the otherness? This research evaluates the concept of truth in the recent journalism and the ways to narrating the Other, initiating with recent reports of the American newspaper The New York Times. Starting with recent news about Brazil published in the most traditional newspaper of the United States, we realize that in many aspects the journalism of the 21st century approaches the 19th century journalism. However, some recent narratives show that there are many ways to tell about the different. In these cases, we note that talk about the Other regarding diversity seems to be not only a case of reporter`s good intentions, but an ability to use the content and the form to approaching the object too.

This paper aims to find out how media in different countries in the same part of a continent portray the latest development in the Korean conflict. To achieve this, the articles published by two newspapers, The Japan Times and The Korea Times, in the last five months have been analysed. The theory used to analyse the published articles is the agenda setting theory. This paper has found that geography, in the sense of proximity to the conflict, do affect what stories the newspapers publish and how they portray the story.

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Contemporary researches on news coverage of Persian Gulf Wars have shown many controversial results in examining how U.S. newspapers covered war events during the wartime. This study examined the coverage of Operation Iraqi Freedom by the newspapers of the United States, Britain, and Saudi Arabia.Three prominent newspapers, the New York Times, the Times of London and Arab News, were selected for content analysis of their coverage of Operation Iraqi Freedom between March 20 and May 1, 2003. The percentage breakdown of positive, negative and neutral paragraphs coded from composite two weeks of publications by all three newspapers was studied.The goal of the study was to determine if the coverage of the 2003 Iraq war by the New York Times and the Times of London were more favorable than that Arab News. The Arab News was used as a basis for comparison of American and British newspapers for this study.The results of the study showed that the three newspapers covered the Operation of Iraqi Freedom in a neutral manner.Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN 47306However, the Times of London treated the Iraq war coverage with more positive news rather than the New York Times and Arab News did, respectively. On the other hand, Arab News appeared to have devoted the lowest favorable news stories after the Times of London. / Department of Journalism

Undergraduate honors paper--Mount Holyoke College, 2005. Dept. of Religion. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-101).

Most Americans, whether consciously or unconsciously, associate certain defining traits with the contemporary American press: a broad definition of news, an emphasis on analysis, a skeptical tone, and adherence to a specific definition of objectivity. None of these elements characterized American newspapers in 1960, but all were firmly in place by 1980. Remaking the News examines how that remarkable transformation occurred, and how it influenced politics and society. While focusing mainly on two newspapers—The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times—it attempts to analyze the media business as a whole. Chapter 1 describes the rise of interpretive reporting. A response to competition from other news media and to the changing demographic profile of newspaper audiences and staffs, interpretation contributed to the disintegration of the Cold War consensus and to a reappraisal of American journalism’s bedrock principle, objectivity. As Chapters 2 and 3 show, objectivity came under attack simultaneously from the right and the left, launching a debate that has persisted to this day but that, paradoxically, reinforced most news-industry leaders’ faith in the ideal. Chapter 4 examines how newspapers began giving readers what they wanted to know, rather than telling them what (in the editors’ view) they needed to know. This resulted in a greater focus on soft news and service journalism, which helped validate a broader shift in the primary identity of the American public, from citizens to consumers. These changes occurred amid powerful political and social currents in the journalism profession and the country at large. Chapter 5 describes how challenges from minorities and women forced the press to adjust its discriminatory employment practices as well as its dismissive treatment of women and non-whites in news coverage. The social movements and political turbulence of the late 60s and early 70s also led journalists to take a more adversarial approach to news subjects, as Chapter 6 discusses. In addition to providing a novel interpretation of how the press assumed its contemporary form, this dissertation suggests that the evolution of American politics and society since 1960 cannot be understood without considering the evolution of journalism from 1960-1980. / 2018-08-11T00:00:00Z

L'Amérique Centrale et l'Amérique du Sud couvrent ensemble plus de 12% de la surface émergée du globe, et abritent plus de 450 millions d'habitants. Cette région se remarque sur la scène énergétique mondiale par la contribution exceptionnelle des énergies renouvelables dans sa matrice énergétique. Préserver cette configuration vertueuse est un réel défi : alors que les énergies « conventionnelles » (hydroélectricité, biomasse) sont confrontées à des problèmes de soutenabilité, les « nouvelles » options de production (éolien, solaire, géothermie) ne parviennent pas à s'affranchir du soutien des pouvoirs publics. Pourtant, les faibles réserves fossiles du continent et son extraordinaire potentiel de production renouvelable en font un candidat idéal pour mener la transition vers une matrice énergétique respectueuse de l'environnement. Une autre thématique d'intérêt régional est la contribution du secteur énergétique à une croissance économique socialement bénéfique et respectueuse de l'environnement, dans un continent en développement rapide. Le changement climatique, enfin, propose diverses problématiques continentales. L'Amérique latine se situe au-dessus de la moyenne mondiale pour ses émissions par habitant ; dans le même temps, plusieurs études considèrent que la région sera parmi les plus touchées par les effets du changement climatique. La matrice énergétique sud-américaine est sensible à ces effets, à la fois sur l'amont de la chaîne (hydroélectricité, biomasse) et sur l'aval (augmentations de demande pour e.g. l'agriculture et l'air conditionné). Malgré ces problématiques et points forts partagés à l'échelle régionale, l'Amérique latine reste un continent hétérogène et fragmenté. Sa configuration physique limite l'intégration régionale, et l'héritage de deux siècles de guerre complique les relations politiques à l'échelon national. L'évolution historique de la région a entraîné de fortes disparités entre les secteurs énergétiques nationaux, et plusieurs tentatives de coopération sur des infrastructures transnationales se sont récemment soldées par de coûteux échecs.L'objectif de cette thèse est le développement d'un modèle mathématique adapté à l'étude des problématiques énergétiques régionales de long terme pour l'Amérique du Sud. Ce modèle, TIMES-América y el Caribe, nous permet d'étudier l'impact des politiques climatiques nationales pour le secteur énergétique régional, dans le contexte de la préparation de la conférence mondiale du climat de Paris, en décembre 2015.Ce document est divisé en cinq chapitres. Le chapitre 1 propose un panorama historique de l'Amérique latine. Ce panorama est complété par une description de l'évolution historique du secteur énergétique sud-américain et de ses spécificités et défis actuels. Le chapitre 2 présente les concepts de prospective et de modélisation par scénarios, ainsi qu'une revue historique et un état de l'art de la prospective énergétique en Amérique du Sud. Le chapitre 3 détaille les principales caractéristiques du modèle : sa désagrégation géographique en dix régions, les règles de modélisation, la structure et les principales hypothèses utilisées pour l'offre énergétique et la demande finale (drivers macroéconomiques, potentiels et coûts d'extraction). Le chapitre 4 présente la problématique du changement climatique et ce qu'elle implique pour l'Amérique du Sud ; il décrit aussi les négociations climatiques internationales, depuis leurs débuts en 1972 jusqu'aux propositions actuellement débattues. Enfin, le chapitre 5 propose une application directe du modèle présenté plus haut, à travers l'analyse des impacts de ces contributions pour le secteur énergétique sud-américain, et inversement la contribution potentielle de ce secteur au vu des divers engagements nationaux. / Together, Central and South America and the Caribbean represent more than 450 million people and 12% of the Earth's total emerged land. The region stands out in the global energy landscape for the outstanding contribution of renewable sources to its energy production. Maintaining this level of renewable energy in the future might prove a challenging task, as ‘historical' energy sources (hydropower, biomass) run into sustainability issues and ‘new' options (wind, solar, geothermal energy) still depend on public support schemes. However, South America's small fossil resource endowment and excellent renewable potential make it the ideal candidate for pioneering a renewable energy transition. The energy sector's contribution in fueling economic growth in a socially and environmentally sustainable way is also an issue that is particularly significant in the developing context on the continent. Climate change is a region-scale concern. The continent's emissions per capita are above the global average, and the region is also likely to be one of the most impacted by climate change. South America's energy sector is vulnerable both on the supply side (hydropower and biomass resources) and the demand side (increased demand for e.g. agriculture and air conditioning). Despite shared regional strengths and concerns, however, South America appears as a highly heterogeneous and fragmented continent. The region's physical layout is a stumbling block for regional integration. Two centuries of regional wars complicate political cooperation at national level, and the historical evolution has created strong disparities between national energy sectors. Various attempts to cooperate on transnational infrastructure have ended up as costly failures in past years.The aim of this PhD work, half of which was conducted in France and half in Chile, was to develop a mathematical model adapted to the study of long-term energy issues, at a regional scale, for South America. This model, TIMES-América Latina y el Caribe, was applied to studying the impact of national climate policies on regional energy, as the world prepares for a global climate agreement at the Paris conference in December 2015.This document is divided in five chapters. Chapter 1 offers a historical overview of South America's history with a focus on the energy sector, followed by a description of the specificities and challenges of South American energy today. Chapter 2 presents the concepts of prospective and scenario modeling, along with a historical overview and a state-of-the-art of energy prospective in South America. Chapter 3 details the model's main features: its ten-region disaggregation, its modeling rules and the structure and main assumptions for supply and demand, including macroeconomic drivers, resource potentials, and extraction costs. Chapter 4 presents the climate change issue and its implications for South America; it also describes the international climate negotiations, from their beginning in 1972 to the current tentative contributions. Finally, chapter 5 analyses the impacts of these pledges on South America's energy sector, and the contribution of the latter to fulfilling these pledges, as a direct application of the model developed in this thesis.

Background Waiting times of the fast-track of bladder cancer in Sweden are prolonged compared with set lead times.Aim To investigate if stage and grade of tumor affects waiting times.Method Retrospective single center observational study, Örebro University Hospital, Sweden. All patients who underwent resection of tumor or cystoscopy with biopsy via the fast-track between July 1st 2017 and December 31st 2018 were included, n=119.Result The waiting times of muscle invasive tumors were in general longer than for non-invasive tumors. Referral to TURBT - twelve days (p=0.047), referral to information of diagnosis to patient - seven days (p=0.04) and cystoscopy to TURBT - eleven days (p=0.041.Conclusion MIBC had longer waiting times to most steps of the fast-track. There are conflicting results in previous studies regarding whether extended waiting times result in worse outcomes in those with higher stage and grade of tumors or not. It is known that long waiting times results in higher mortality and psychological stress among the patients why reorganizations at the department should take place.

In this thesis, the vehicle routing problem with stochastic, and time dependent, travel times is studied. The stochastic travel times are estimated from historical drive data. The variation of the drive times, as well as that of the variance, during the day was modeled.   The purpose of the thesis was to propose a method of handling the congestion related traffic impediments in an urban setting. Since the majority of times of delivery in the empirical test cases studied correlate with the time period of high traffic load, an efficient and robust handling of such traffic scenarios is of high importance.  It is shown that the stochastic models will shift the estimated arrivals to customers from the more volatile early and late extremes to more central regions of the time window. Previously delivered routes were evaluated both with the standard algorithm and the proposed stochastic algorithm. The difference between the actual drive times and the calculated drive times were analyzed by studying the correlation of the drive times between each customer in the route. It was shown that the routes of the proposed stochastic method increased this correlation. The drive times between nodes where also perturbed with a Gamma distributed noise. The results from the stochastic algorithm showed higher resilience to this disturbance than did the deterministic models. / I detta examensarbete har fordonsruttningsproblemet, VRP, med stokastiska och tidsberonds körtider behandlöats. De stokastiska körtiderna har estimerats från tidigare insamlad hasighetsdata. Modeller för körtidernas och variansernas förändring under dagen har tagits fram.   Syftet med examensarbetet var att föreslå en metod för hur påverkan på körtider av förutsägbar trafikträngsel i en urban trafikmiljö kan hanteras. Eftersom huvuddelen av alla leveranser sammanfaller med de tider på dygnet då trafikbelastning är som högst, ar är en effektiv och robust metod för att hantera sådana störningar av stor vikt. Det visas att den stokastiska modellen kommer att förflyttar ankomster från början och slutet av tidsfönstret till den mer okänsliga mittregionen. Tidigare, utförda leveranser studerades både med den ursprungliga deterministiska modellen och här framtagna stokastiska modellen. Skillnaden mellan de två analyserades genom att studera korrelationen mellan körtiderna som de beräknats av de två modellerna och de upmätta tiderna som de loggats av leveransfordonen. Det visas att korrelationen mellan körtiderna mellan de stokastiska körtiderna och de verkliga körtiderna är högre än korrelationen mellan de deterministiska körtiderna och de verkliga. Rutterna som föreslagits av den stokastiska modellen var också mer tlig mot störningar.